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Appears in | Pikmin, Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3 | ||
Scientific name | Shiropedes anacondii | ||
Family | Snavian | ||
Areas | The Forest of Hope, Valley of Repose, Awakening Wood, Twilight River | ||
Caves | White Flower Garden, Snagret Hole, Hole of Heroes | ||
Challenge Mode stages | The Final Trial, Cryptic Cavern | ||
Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages | Shaded Garden Remix | ||
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages | Silver Lake, Tropical Wilds Remix, Garden of Hope Remix, Twilight River Remix | ||
Side Story days | None | ||
2-Player Battle stages | None | ||
Bingo Battle stages | None | ||
Attacks | Eats Pikmin |
The Burrowing Snagret (ヘビガラス?, lit.: "Grass Snake") is an enemy in the Pikmin games and the boss of White Flower Garden in Pikmin 2. It appears to be a combination of a bird and a snake, and a member of the Snavian family (Snavian being a combination of the words snake and avian, avian meaning "bird-related"). They remain underground for the majority of the time, surfacing only when approached by Pikmin or a Captain. Every few times it emerges, the beast gets stuck with only its head above ground for a while, giving a captain an opportunity to attack without fear of losing any Pikmin. When above ground, it attempts to eat Pikmin one by one until it is sufficiently damaged, at which point it burrows back underground.
When killed in Pikmin, Burrowing Snagrets explode into many pellets; in Pikmin 2, a dead Burrowing Snagret leaves behind its head to be returned to an Onion or the Research Pod.
In Pikmin 3, the Burrowing Snagret has undergone appearance changes to be represented in HD. Its scales and head feathers are larger and more defined. It can also shed these feathers during battle, although this is just aethstetic. After it is defeated, its entire body will come out from the ground, revealing it has a foot. Unlike the previous games, the Burrowing Snagret only appears once in the Story Mode, and it never respawns. If left unsalvaged, its body will not be there the next day, unlike the major bosses. It drops the only Insect Condo in the story.
Locations
Their only locations in the first game are The Forest of Hope where 3 appear in the same area, and The Final Trial on Challenge Mode. In Pikmin 2, a Burrowing Snagret is the boss of White Flower Garden, found on sublevel 5 (this one contains the Five-man Napsack), and many are encountered throughout Snagret Hole; one is even guarding the entrance in Awakening Wood, where the three in Pikmin are located. Another is on sublevel 4 of Hole of Heroes, and yet another guards the Pink Menace in the Valley of Repose. Burrowing Snagrets are the most common boss-class enemies in Pikmin 2, having eight different in-game occurrences outside of Challenge Mode. In Pikmin 3, Burrowing Snagrets are known to live in the Twilight River. There are also Burrowing Snagrets in Mission Mode levels including Silver Lake, Tropical Wilds Remix, Garden of Hope Remix, Twilight River Remix, and Shaded Garden Remix. There are four of them located in Garden of Hope Remix.
Notes
Olimar's voyage log
Reel notes
Olimar's notes
Louie's notes
Nintendo Player's Guide
"The Burrowing Snagret's weak spot is its head. Toss Pikmin at the bird-snake's skull as it's emerging from the ground, and let them go to work on the beast. Call them before they're shaken off and prepare for another assault."
Pikmin Player's Guide
"The white-headed snagret is a subterranean dweller characterized by a birdlike head and a snakelike body. Its avian head features white plumage and a long, pointed beak, which it uses for digging, while its reptilian body is covered with blue scales. White-headed snagrets burrow in flocks and they will rear their heads when surface vibrations alert them to possible prey above ground. The blueish hue of its feathers distinguishes it from the burrowing snarrow."
Brawl trophy description
"A member of the snavian family with a birdlike head and a snakelike neck and body. An underground dweller, the snagret makes sudden strikes aboveground to capture surface-dwelling prey. It uses its beak to scoop up daily nutrition and can snatch up three Pikmin at once--a relatively small amount made deadly by its strike speed. No one has ever seen its tail."
Pikmin 3 Prima Guide
"As its name implies, the Burrowing Snagret spends most of its time underground. When it senses potential prey, however, this creature emerges and uses its powerful beak to snatch up any victims in range. The Burrowing Snagret's body it protected by scales, making the creature's head its only weak point.
Each time a Burrowing Snagret emerges from the ground, there's a brief pause just after the creature's beak appears -- this brief window is the only opportunity you'll have to execute a successful charge. If your Pikmin can latch onto the creature's head before it's fully exposed, they'll be able to do a significant amount of damage in a very short time. Winged Pikmin can charge the Burrowing Snagret's head whenever it's above ground, but you'll need a large squad to compensate for the Winged Pikmin's low attack power.
If you can't seem to land a successful charge attack, flank the Burrowing Snagret's side and toss your Pikmin directly onto the creature's head. This method makes it fairly difficult to keep your squad out of harm's way, but it does allow you to deal reliable damage for the duration of the battle."
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U trophy description
File:NAFlag.png: "A foot-long bird doesn't sound all that large, but when you're the size of a Pikmin, a foot is massive! This member of the avian family will emerge from underground, hunting for Pikmin, its favorite snack. Act fast—or this bird of prey will prey on your poor Pikmin!"
File:EuropeFlag.png: "A strange creature that looks like it's part bird and part snake. At 35cm in length, it's fairly small by our standards, but for Pikmin, it's a towering monster! Another thing that makes it monstrous is that it sees Pikmin as a nutritious meal. If you're not careful, it'll pop out of the ground and gobble them up before you know it!"
Strategy
In Pikmin, they are extremely hard to beat without losing Pikmin if thrown at the head, as they have very high health and are larger than in the second game. Its striking speed will also allow it to eat some Pikmin and burrow back into the ground before any real damage is done. When trying to defeat it in the first game, the best strategy is to throw Red Pikmin at its head while it's emerging from the ground as fast as you can, then whistling in your Pikmin right before he shakes them off to prevent them being eaten. Another effective, but risky way is to swarm the head in hopes of making the Burrowing Snagret retreat underground. In Pikmin 2, defeating one is an easier task because of its lower health; even so, it remains a good idea to use Purple Pikmin.
It is easy to take advantage of the fact that sometimes, the beast will not fully emerge, getting stuck for some time. It is best to attack the Snagret then, and Olimar should kill it without losing any Pikmin. With quick, accurate throwing, however, this is not necessary to secure the battle. Throw many Pikmin at its head as soon as possible and the Snagret should die before managing to swallow any of the Pikmin that it may have snatched up from the ground.
In both games, if it burrows back underground without swallowing Pikmin it has caught, these Pikmin will die. In the first game, it was the root of many glitches involving the counter.
In Pikmin 3, the Burrowing Snagret can be defeated in a matter of seconds by charging at it with 100 Winged Pikmin under the effects of an ultra-spicy spray. This works because the Snagret will only catch grounded Pikmin, and since the Winged Pikmin can fly, they can both dodge its beak, and aim straight for the head – its weak point.
It is not possible to defeat the Burrowing Snagret with captains alone.
Burrowing Snarrow
The Burrowing Snarrow is a creature that is referred to only twice in the Pikmin series, but never seen. The first of these mentions is in the Enemy reel at the end of Pikmin:
- The bluish hue of its feathers distinguishes it from the burrowing snarrow.
The second allusion to it is in Olimar's notes on the Burrowing Snagret in Pikmin 2's Piklopedia.
Technical information
Pikmin 2 technical information (?) | |||
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Internal name | snakecrow
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Global properties (List) | |||
ID | Japanese comment | Property | Value |
s000 | friction(not used) | Friction | 0.5 |
s001 | wallReflection | Unknown (wall bounce speed multiplier?) | 0.5 |
s002 | faceDirAdjust | Unknown | 0.25 |
s003 | accel | Acceleration | 0.1 |
s004 | bounceFactor | Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?) | 0.3 |
fp00 | ライフ | HP | 1500 |
fp01 | マップとの当り | Unknown (related to slopes) | 15 |
fp02 | ダメージスケールXZ | Horizontal damage scale | 0.025 |
fp03 | ダメージスケールY | Vertical damage scale | 0.025 |
fp04 | ダメージフレーム | Damage scale duration | 0.4 |
fp05 | 質量 | Unknown (weight?) | 0.0001 |
fp06 | 速度 | Move speed | 0 |
fp08 | 回転速度率 | Rotation acceleration | 0.1 |
fp09 | テリトリー | Territory radius | 80 |
fp10 | ホーム範囲 | "Home" radius | 100 |
fp11 | プライベート距離 | "Private" radius | 100 |
fp12 | 視界距離 | Sight radius | 150 |
fp13 | 視界角度 | FOV | 90 |
fp14 | 探索距離 | Unknown (exploration radius?) | 0 |
fp15 | 探索角度 | Unknown (exploration angle?) | 0 |
fp16 | 振り払い率 | Successful shake rate | 1 |
fp17 | 振り払い力 | Shake knockback | 200 |
fp18 | 振り払いダメージ | Shake damage | 1 |
fp19 | 振り払い範囲 | Shake range | 40 |
fp20 | 攻撃可能範囲 | Unknown (shock attack max range?) | 0 |
fp21 | 攻撃可能角度 | Unknown (shock attack max angle?) | 0 |
fp22 | 攻撃ヒット範囲 | Unknown (attack hit range?) | 0 |
fp23 | 攻撃ヒット角度 | Unknown (attack hit angle?) | 0 |
fp24 | 攻撃力 | Attack damage | 10 |
fp25 | 視界高 | Unknown (height visibility?) | 100 |
fp26 | 探索高 | Unknown (exploration height?) | 0 |
fp27 | ライフの高さ | HP wheel height | 50 |
fp28 | 回転最大速度 | Rotation speed | 10 |
fp29 | 警戒時間 | Unknown (warning time?) | 0 |
fp30 | 警戒ライフ | Unknown | 0 |
fp31 | ライフ回復率 | Regeneration rate | 0 |
fp32 | LOD半径 | Off-camera radius | 225 |
fp33 | マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定 | Collision processing radius | 111 |
fp34 | ピクミンとのあたり | Pikmin damage radius | 5 |
fp35 | 石化時間 | Petrification duration | 1 |
fp36 | ヒップドロップダメージ | Purple Pikmin drop damage | 50 |
fp37 | 地震気絶確立 | Purple Pikmin stun chance | 0.1 (10%) |
fp38 | 地震気絶時間 | Purple Pikmin stun time | 5 |
ip01 | 振り払い打撃A | Shake mode 1 – hit count | 15 |
ip02 | 振り払い張付1 | Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement | 4 |
ip03 | 振り払い打撃B | Shake mode 2 – hit count | 25 |
ip04 | 振り払い張付2 | Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement | 8 |
ip05 | 振り払い打撃C | Shake mode 3 – hit count | 30 |
ip06 | 振り払い張付3 | Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement | 12 |
ip07 | 振り払い打撃D | Shake mode 4 – hit count | 35 |
Specific properties | |||
ID | Japanese comment | Property | Value |
fp01 | 通常出現率 | Regular unburrow chance (not stuck) | 0.6 (60%) |
fp11 | 潜る迄の時間 | Unknown (time between burrows?) | 2.5 |
fp12 | 地中での時間 | Unknown (underground time?) | 2.5 |
fp21 | 白ピクミン | White Pikmin poison damage | 200 |
fp31 | Forest 2 Life | HP on the White Flower Garden | 2500 |
Gallery
- 71burrowingsnagret.png
A Burrowing Snagret above ground.
- Burrowingsnagret.jpg
Official art of a Burrowing Snagret from Pikmin.
The Pikmin 3 design of a Burrowing Snagret.
- Burrowing Snagret Foot 2.png
Another picture of its foot.
Trivia
- The Burrowing Snagret can be seen in a pre-release video of Pikmin, where it appears to have a light or white body.
- The Brawl trophy states that no one has ever seen a Burrowing Snagret's tail before. However, Olimar states in the Piklopedia that the Burrowing Snagret and Snarrow can both be distinguished by the markings on their tails, implying that Olimar has seen it full body, or at least its tail.
- The Burrowing Snagret is the most commonly fought boss in all 3 games, as it can be fought 4 times in the first game, 11 times in the second game, and 7 times in the third game.
- In-game sources disagree on whether the creature's body is lined with feathers or scales: the Enemy Reel states they are feathers, while Olimar's Voyage Log call them scales. Louie's Notes refer to the creature's 'serpentine torso', also implying they are scales.
- The name of the Snagret seems to be a combination of the words "snake" or "snag,", which means "to catch," and "egret," a kind of bird resembling the Snagret.
- In Pikmin 3, the Burrowing Snagret is revealed to have a foot, similar to the Pileated Snagret.
- Only 1 is encountered in Pikmin 3's story mode, but it's encountered 3 different times in Mission Mode.
- Despite being the 2nd most encountered mid boss in Pikmin 3's Mission Mode, it's fought 6 times, once at Silver Lake, once at Twilight River Remix and 4 times in Garden of Hope Remix.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Portuguese (NoE) | Snagret Buraqueiro | Burrowing Snagret | Name taken from the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophy. |